We are also interested in the concept of distance between characters.
One relevant measure is the closeness centrality [1]}, [2]}.
For each node, this is
the inverse of the sum of the distances
to all the other nodes within the connected component.
Therefore, the higher the closeness centrality \(C_C\)  is,
the closer the given node is to all other nodes.
See Appendix B for a visual depiction of the giant component weighted according to this measure.
The top five characters ranked according to closeness centrality are
Prince Volodymyr (#52);
Illya Muromets' (#46);
Dobrynya (#28);
Oleksiy Popovich (#1)
and Princess Opraksiya (#104).
